linux-kernel - [PATCH RT] Revert "posix-timers: Prevent broadcast signals"

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:52:17 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        Peter Zilstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RT] Revert "posix-timers: Prevent broadcast signals"

This reverts commit "posix-timers: Prevent broadcast signals".
Broadcast signals are not prevented by preventing sig_kernel_only() and
sig_kernel_coredump() (as explained by Eric W. Biederman).
This change was probably required in the early days but I can't find a
reason why it should be still required.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index e1c5b9b64140..0d14e044b46f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart posix_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *timer)
 static struct pid *good_sigevent(sigevent_t * event)
 {
 	struct task_struct *rtn = current->group_leader;
-	int sig = event->sigev_signo;
 
 	switch (event->sigev_notify) {
 	case SIGEV_SIGNAL | SIGEV_THREAD_ID:
@@ -444,8 +443,7 @@ static struct pid *good_sigevent(sigevent_t * event)
 		/* FALLTHRU */
 	case SIGEV_SIGNAL:
 	case SIGEV_THREAD:
-		if (sig <= 0 || sig > SIGRTMAX ||
-		    sig_kernel_only(sig) || sig_kernel_coredump(sig))
+		if (event->sigev_signo <= 0 || event->sigev_signo > SIGRTMAX)
 			return NULL;
 		/* FALLTHRU */
 	case SIGEV_NONE:
-- 
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